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WILLIAM PACA, Esq; Governor.
court of the said shore, which shall be renewed every year; and the
said county
courts are hereby authorised and required, on application of any person
of reputation,
to grant licence to such person to travel and trade, as a hawker or pedler,
on the eastern shore, for one year from the date of the said licence, which
licence
shall be made out by the clerk of the court, under his hand and the seal
of the
county; and for every licence, and the renewal thereof, there shall be
paid six
pounds current money to the sheriff of the county, and five shillings to
the clerk
of the court for making out or renewing such licence; and the several clerks
are
directed, annually, on or before the first day of October, to return to
the treasurer
of the eastern shore a list of licences granted to hawkers and pedlers;
and the
several sheriffs shall, annually, on or before the first day of October,
pay all money
by them received for the said licences to the treasurer of the said shore,
and
such money shall remain in his hands, subject to the orders of the visitors
and
governors of Washington college, to be drawn according to the directions
of this
act; and if any hawker or pedler, after the first day of April next, shall
be
found travelling with, and exposing or offering for sale, any goods, wares
or
merchandise, on the eastern shore, without a licence obtained as aforesaid
for
that purpose, such hawker or pedler shall, for every offence, forfeit and
pay the
sum of ten pounds current money; and it is hereby declared to be the duty
of
every sheriff, deputy sheriff, and constable, on the eastern shore, to
examine and
require any person carrying goods from place to place for sale, to produce
a licence,
and in case of refusal or neglect, on request, to produce the same, to
carry
such person before some justice of the peace, who shall take a recognizance
from such person, with security, to appear at the next county court.
Provided,
That persons travelling with linen, hemp, flax or thread, the growth or
manufacture
of this state, and selling or bartering the same, shall not be deemed
hawkers or pedlers within this act. |
1784.
CHAP.
VII. |
VII. And be
it enacted, That no person shall retail any wine, rum, brandy,
whisky, or other distilled spirituous liquor, strong beer or cider, on
the eastern
shore, without a licence for that purpose obtained, agreeably to the directions
of
this act; and if any person shall retail any of the articles aforesaid
without a
licence, such person shall forfeit and pay six pounds current money
for every
such offence; and every person selling any of the articles aforesaid, under
the
quantity of ten gallons, shall be deemed a retailer, and no person shall
retail less
than a pint of any of the said articles. Provided, That nothing herein
contained
shall be deemed, construed or taken, to prohibit the maker, distiller or
brewer, of any spirituous liquor, beer or cider, from retailing the same,
such
person not selling less than a quart at any one time. |
Penalty on
persons retailing
spirituous
liquors, &c. |
VIII. And be
it enacted, That the justices of each county on the eastern
shore, in court sitting, be authorised and required, at their next
June court, and
at their June court annually for ever hereafter, to grant licences to any
person
of reputation to be a retailer of any of the liquors above mentioned, within
their
county, for one year from the time of the granting such licence; and every
person licensed to retail shall, at the time of obtaining such licence,
pay for the
same, to the sheriff of the county, the sum of three pounds current money,
and
to the clerk of the county the sum of five shillings like money for making
out
such licence under his hand and the seal of the county; and the clerk shall
annually,
on or before the first day of October, transmit a list of all such licences
granted in his county to the treasurer of the eastern shore; and the sheriff
shall
pay all money by him received for such licences to the said treasurer,
annually,
on or before the first day of October, and the said monies shall remain
in his
hands, subject to the orders of the visitors and governors of Washington
college,
to be drawn agreeably to the directions of this act. |
Justices to
grant licences,
&c. |
IX. And be it
enacted, That if any retailer shall keep a disorderly house, or
permit or suffer any liquor by him sold or bartered, mixed or unmixed,
to be
drank in or about his house, upon complaint made thereof to any county
court
on the eastern shore, they may suppress such retailer; and during the recess
of
the court, upon complaint made to any two of the justices of any county
court |
May suppress
disorderly retailers,
&c. |
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